M'SIAN CARRIERS TO EXPAND OPERATIONS NETWORK BY YEAR-END

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 (Bernama) -- Low budget and community carriers --
AirAsia, AirAsia X and Firefly -- plan to further increase their network
expansion by year-end.

From Kuala Lumpur, Air Asia X will continue its network expansion to
Australia, starting services to Melbourne and Perth in November, said Malaysia
Airports Bhd in a statement Sunday.

AirAsia will start flying to Tiruchilapally, India, while Air Niugini, a
new
carrier to Kuala Lumpur, is planning to start new services to Papua New
Guinea.

Firefly will also start two new points from Penang to Medan and
Banda Aceh.

"No new carriers are expected on the fully deregulated Kuala
Lumpur-Singapore trunk route from Dec 1, 2008," said Malaysia Airports.

AirAsia and Tiger Airways have already announced considerable frequency
increases, with both airlines adding an additional four daily frequencies, Air
Asia up to six daily and Tiger Airways five daily from one daily.

"This means there are an additional 56 weekly flights on top of the current
129 weekly flights between KL and Singapore, an increase of over 40 percent," it
addded.
-- BERNAMA